Re: Import of SQL

[Andrew S Halper <ashalper acm org>]

On 2002.07.02 01:45 James Michael DuPont wrote:
> 
> --- Andrew S Halper <ashalper@acm.org> wrote:
> > On 2002.07.01 09:25 James Michael DuPont wrote:
> > > Anyone working on reverse engineering SQL into DIA?
> >
> > I was.  I got as far as writing a SQL/92 parser and calling it from
> a
> >
> > plug-in, but I got stuck on creating Dia objects because the StdProp
> 
> > code I needed isn't finished yet.  I did research it a little in an
> > ill-advised attempt to write it myself, but I've recently been
> > distracted by more urgent life stuff.
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
> 
> It seems that lots of tools need a easy way to create nodes and
> diagrams in dia. I was thinking about just using VCG as an inport file
> format and making a VCG reader plugin. The code can be modularized
> from
> VCG. That would be easier than the layout API for me.
> What do you think?

OK by me.  I didn't know about VCG until now.  Seems quite useful.  Let 
me know if you want me to help with anything.

Andy